Zenith - Softcover

Bertagna, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230015344 ISBN 13: 9780230015340

Publisher: Macmillan, 2007

Synopsis

The world is gradually drowning, as mighty Arctic ice floes melt, the seas rise, and land disappears forever beneath storm-tossed waves . . .

Sixteen-year-old Mara and her ship of refugees are tracking the North Star, desperate to find a homeland in the melted ice mountains of Greenland. The vast, floating city of Pomperoy is just one of the shocks that are not in their navigation plans. Unwittingly, the refugees bring catastrophe in their wake for Tuck, a gypsea pirate-boy, and also for Ilira – a land whose inhabitants exist in a state of terror at the top of the world.

Back in the drowned ruins at the feet of the towering sky city, Fox is beginning his battle with the cruel, corrupt forces that rule the New World. But separated from Mara, his resolve begins to waver . . .

About this title

Review:

'awesome: a collection of characters we learn to love, a vivid sense of
time and place, a page-turning adventure. -- The Herald, January 27th 2007

'For all those who enjoyed Philip Pullman's Dark Materials
trilogy...terrific storytelling power, an ambitious and intellectually
stimulating novel.' -- Lovereading4kids, March 2007

'I was transfixed by the poetic vision of Julie Bertagna's Zenith.
A breathtaking sequel.' -- The Bookseller, November 17th 2006

'so vivid is Bertagna's writing, so urgent her narrative... Exodus
and Zenith are like two chapters in some magnificent epic.' -- Mark Fisher, Scotland On Sunday, February 18th 2007

From the Publisher:

Zenith is a novel of extraordinary imaginative vision and
emotional power.
(From publisher's website)

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0230015344
• ISBN 13: 9780230015340
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352